By that stage ni23457 had all his funds back and also promptly disappeared after the accusation was made.
User ni23457 registered his account here in the forum on July 07, 2018, 03:53:16 PM and made his scam thread on July 07, 2018, 05:38:49 PM, incidentley that thread was "Merited by s1lverbox (25), suchmoon (4), TrumpD (2), mikeywith (1)" as can be seen here but I would not suggest they were paid to send merits or suggest they posted in exchange for receiving payment:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.41711747The user ni23457 was not sure about the fate of his crypto, a staggering 11 BTC equivalent that was selective scammed by changenow but he wanted to teach them a lesson and also wanted to warn others about their selective scam so what did he do? He opened a couple of threads, linked all their shady sister companies together and did something unheard of... he paid BTC from his own pocket to buy banner ads to be displayed across this forum highlighting changenow as scammers. Not exactly the behaviour of a scammer but most definitely the behaviour of a victim of a scam that has the resources to take the scammers on.
After he received his funds back from the scammers (partly because of a great community effort to confront the changenow scammers) why should ni23457 hang around on this forum if does not want to? He made his scam thread the same day he signed up to become a member of this forum. If he accomplished his aims and has no or very little need for this forum then why should that be held against him as some sort of misdemenour?
I don't think the accusation was baseless. But I also didn't see conclusive proof. ni23457 admitted that he had lied and
buys opinions I see no evidence showing myself, s1lverbox, LoyceV and maybe 45 other users were bought or sold our opinions. I see user ni23457 trying to seek the help of as many people as possible to apply maximum pressure on the scammers. Others are welcome to see what they want.
I see user ni23457 sending tips to some of the people that supported his cause after he rightfully got his funds back from the scammers that selective scammed him.
user ni23457 took on the scammers that selective scammed the equivalent of 11 BTC from him and he won. For that he has the total respect from so many of this community.
I will keep posting in this thread from time-to-time but will probably keep them relevant to Rock Trading, eliale and the selective scam attempt on Coinfan.
I would be willing to possibly post my opinions about user ni23457 if a separate thread was opened regarding him or alleged buying of posts etc